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A robotic doctor will soon be seen in action giving facial massages to people. With steely arms sprouting cables and wires, the WAO-1 robot looks nothing like a relaxation device but researchers at Tokyo’s Waseda University hope the contraption will..
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Germany’s Bundestag had just legalised a right of terminally ill patients to voluntarily reject a use of a life support system while being in an unconscious state,...
made popular Jun 25 2009
I don’t generally write about other regions, but I couldn’t pass these up.
First, a Taiwanese carpenter presented only by his surname Lee was indicted...
made popular May 15 2009
AP, Dallas
Hospital operator Tenet Healthcare Corp. says it went from a loss to a profit in the first quarter, partly on a gain from a debt exchange, according to preliminary...
made popular Apr 21 2009
AP, Raleigh
Federal law prevents hospitals from revealing information on a patient, but hospital gowns occasionally allow a patient to reveal too much of themselves.
made popular Apr 19 2009
AP, Alhambra
Disbelief shrouded a modest cluster of nondescript bungalows Friday where Mario Ramirez had lived with his wife and two sons, sometimes jogged through the neighborhood...
made popular Apr 17 2009
AP, L'aquila
The hospital of San Salvatore should have been a sanctuary for the injured when this central Italian city and its surroundings were struck by an earthquake.
made popular Apr 17 2009
AP, Long Beach
A hospital employee shot another employee to death, critically wounded another and then killed himself Thursday, police said. Police Chief Anthony Batts said the...
made popular Apr 16 2009
AP, Long Beach
Police say an employee at a Long Beach, Calif., hospital shot another employee to death, critically wounded another and then killed himself.
made popular Apr 16 2009
AP, Long Beach
Police say two people have been shot at a hospital in Long Beach, Calif.
made popular Apr 16 2009
Eco Factor: £300 million sustainable hospital design.
Construction on the £300 million Mittal Children’s Medical Center has commenced. The hospital, which will be...
made popular Mar 26 2009
AP, Dallas
Hospital operator Tenet Healthcare Corp. said Thursday it agreed to a contract with health insurer Aetna Inc. under which Aetna will use 400 doctors who work for Tenet...
made popular Mar 19 2009
AP, Little Rock
Hospital officials say 10 children drank windshield wiper fluid after staffers at an Arkansas daycare center mistook the liquid for Kool-Aid.
made popular Mar 13 2009
AP, Henderson
Police in suburban Las Vegas say officers fatally shot a man in a hospital emergency room after he brandished a gun and threatened suicide.
made popular Mar 11 2009
AP, Barnstable
A veterinarian says two cats have died after an explosion and fire tore through a Massachusetts animal hospital.
made popular Mar 10 2009
AP, Barnstable
An explosion rocked a Massachusetts animal hospital before a fire erupted, but a veterinarian has saved most of the dogs by busting open their kennel so they could run...
made popular Mar 10 2009
AP, Denver
About 500 people have been evacuated from a hospital campus in Denver because of fumes from a mixture of hazardous chemicals.
made popular Mar 9 2009
AP, Denver
About 400 people have been evacuated from National Jewish Health hospital in Denver because of fumes from a mixture of hazardous chemicals.
made popular Mar 9 2009
AP, Los Angeles
In 1940, Hollywood humanitarian Jean Hersholt purchased 48 acres of walnut and orange groves in the far reaches of the San Fernando Valley for a hospital to be run by...
made popular Mar 6 2009
AP, New Haven
Hospital officials in Ohio say a Connecticut woman mauled by a chimpanzee two weeks ago lost her hands, nose, lips and eyelids and may be blind and suffering brain...
made popular Mar 4 2009
AP, Amman
Ali Mizhir was on his way to a market in Baghdad to buy slippers three years ago when a car bomb exploded nearby, blowing away much of his lower left leg.
made popular Feb 27 2009
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